transfŭgĭum, ii, n. [transfugio].
I Lit., a going over to the enemy , desertion (very rare): ut transfugia impeditiora essent, Liv. 22, 43, 5: crebra, ut in civili bello, Tac. H. 2, 34; 4, 70; id. A. 2, 46. —
II Transf.: sacrarii, a migrating to Rome , Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 503: ad Christum de circumcisione, conversion , Sid. Ep. 8, 13.